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"We quit our jobs, remortgaged our houses" - Cuphead Developer
- Thread starter MauroNL
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Respectfully, if you don't see a difference in how the communications have been handled before and after the post-launch backlash, I don't think anything I can say would convince you. I'm not talking about game updates.
The public's responde disagrees with you. It's also kinda silly to say that something "doesn't really mesh with taking risks" since we don't really know what is going to be a hit or not. Especially in the indie scene.
I'm pretty sure Cuphead is going to do fairly well, especially if it's a quality product (which i think it is)
John Kowalski
Banned
Won't buy it but hope they don't end up homeless
Bits N Pieces
Member
Day fucking one!
Baroquemantic
Member
Well, I sure hope the game does for well for them. Would really suck if it doesn't sell enough.
Or the first Titanfall
reaganator
Banned
This post makes no sense...
It was announced as a Xbox lifetime exclusive along with Ashen. However Ashen is now a console launch exclusive but I haven't seen any updates on Cuphead so I assume it is still exclusive. The conference footage didn't say anything at all about exclusivity only that it was a play anywhere title.
The exclusive stuff was announced with it's original reveal and scope when they were a 3 person team doing a boss rush game. I haven't seen any updates so I just default to exclusive still. Sadly it was one of the few games at their E3 conference that said nothing about exclusivity.
Lucky Seven
Banned
Oh, i'll definitely be buying this game now.
RecRoulette
Member
I hope it does well for them. Every year at E3 since its reveal I've gone "Oh yeah, Cuphead exists, and it looks awesome!" Can't wait for it to finally be out.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
They showed the release date trailer at their conference.
Respectfully, I genuinely don't understand what yours or his point is, then.
If it's about release product quality, how is drawing a parallel between a released and an unreleased game relevant?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Hope this works out for them.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
The Boss Rush game was finished about a year ago IIRC. The delay came from the desire to for levels from fans.
What doesn't make sense to you? Hello Games sold a fuckton of copies on hype and made an eight figures amount of money on NMS. They made bank, despite the shitstorm that NMS caused.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Nothing major comes out on September 29th other than Fifa 18. It'll probably be the only indie game released on that day on Xbox. MS isn't gonna screw them. Every Xbox One owner has been waiting for this since it was first revealed back in 2014.
Leatherface
Member
These guys made the RIGHT choice. I seriously can not fucking wait to play this. As far as I'm concerned and even without playing a single minute, Cuphead is already an artistic achievement of epic proportions. This game can completely suck and I will still love it just for that reason alone.
Conkerkid11
Member
Err... The game was a massive success and with the number of copies sold I'm absolutely sure they made a profit off of it.
People need to stop calling games they dislike unsuccessful. The game was overly ambitious and didn't meet expectations in terms of what we expected from its gameplay loop, but in terms of devs quitting jobs and remortgaging houses, meeting the sales of No Man's Sky would be a win.
Ahh... Someone else already said it.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
That is quite the bet. I hope it pays off for them but quite frankly this is not a game I would put all my money in. I love the art, that's it. It will probably sell ok on Steam but I don't see it selling more than 20.000 copies on console. It's as niche as they get.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Can anyone confirm if Super Time Force did well on Xbox?
You need to study more before posting nonsense
Conkerkid11
Member
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Thais is the reason why I think I might buy this game regardless.
While it looks stunning, from a gameplay perspective it's really not vibing with me. But fuck man, these guys have risked it all to make this happen and I know if I was in their shoes, I'd want every single sale possible so I think I might buy this anyway.
While it looks stunning, from a gameplay perspective it's really not vibing with me. But fuck man, these guys have risked it all to make this happen and I know if I was in their shoes, I'd want every single sale possible so I think I might buy this anyway.
I'm told it did not do particularly well.
The devs said on the Giantbomb E3 stream that it didn't do well enough to warrant a sequel, I believe. So probably below expectations.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
This game has let down written all over it sadly.
uncledonnie
Banned
Doesn't it already have a ton of positive impressions from people that have played it at E3, etc.?
I think you guys are massively overestimating how much appeal a run and gun platformer has outside the enthusiast market. No Mans Sky isn't a fair comparison at all, that game had mainstream appeal, you had Sean Murray doing talk show appearances for gods sake.
For a more fair comparison, Hollow Knight came out this year, was also developed by a 3 person team, and has sold 280k~ copies on Steam, with half of those being the last few days during the steam sale. Not bad by any means, so hopefully Cuphead will be profitable with sales roughly in that ballpark.
For a more fair comparison, Hollow Knight came out this year, was also developed by a 3 person team, and has sold 280k~ copies on Steam, with half of those being the last few days during the steam sale. Not bad by any means, so hopefully Cuphead will be profitable with sales roughly in that ballpark.